This is a continuation of the Mid-Watch in Verse series. A Deck Log from a US Navy vessel chronicles exacting administrative detail regarding the status of the ship, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the … Continue reading →
This is my second installment of the Mid-Watch in Verse series. In this series of posts, I hope to highlight examples of the old Navy tradition of allowing the Mid-Watch (midnight to 4:00am) Deck Log entry on January 1 to … Continue reading →
In previous posts (see here, here, and here), I described a naval officer’s napkin ring that my father-in-law, Erwin Schroder, used for the better part of his post WWII life. He apparently continued the routine he used on board the … Continue reading →
As part of my work on the history of the USS Patterson (DD-392), I recently received a shipment of deck logs for the ship. The comparisons between the logs for December 6, 1941, and December 7, 1941 are interesting. The … Continue reading →
My previous two posts described a research project that I began as a result of finding a WWII artifact that belonged to my father-in-law, Erwin A. Schroder. The first post outlined the reasons why I embarked on this project. The … Continue reading →